While I posted this on my personal blog, it feels even more timely today, and so I share it to remind us all, that we are all working on that balance:
Over the weekend my "wife" had to quit to watch her nephew while her
sister tutors. And now I am scrambling to find a replacement. My
husband just returned to work from paternity leave and so I am back to
conference calls hoping my youngest will map and my oldest will play
quietly for a15 minutes.
I live by the belief that as a modern mom we can have it all, but sometimes that reality is far from the truth. The goal towards flexible work options and retention of professional women in the workplace is improving. It is a friendlier work environment for parents in general than it was thirty years ago. I read an article on just this about how moms (or mums) in Australia are trying to make it all work. And so the question remains, can we have it all?


